Come Here To Me!

I contacted AK over at the Irish Election Literature Blog recently enquiring about the possibility of posting the below to Come Here To Me, a letter of support from The Housemartins to Shamrock Rovers supporters in their battle to save Miltown Road from destruction.

I’d long known of Paul Heaton’s love for the beautiful game, his interview with the Celtic fanzine TÁL is worth taking the time to read, and gives good insight into his views on the modern game. There’s also a great bit of Dublin related humour in it.

Interviewer: Is ‘The Rising of Grafton Street’ by The Beautiful South in reference to the Easter Rising?
Paul: Not intentionally
Interviewer: Lol, we can claim it for Ireland anyway?
Paul: You certainly can!

The Housemartins letter of support for Shamrock Rovers supporters was printed in the 1988 ‘Glenmalure Gazette’ Christmas edition.

In the past we’ve featured a range of League of Ireland fanzies on the site, including Osam Is Doubtful from Saint Patrick’s Athletic and numerous fanzines from Bohs fans. We obviously had easier access to Bohs and Pats materials with our own loyalties here, but Come Here To Me is about something broader and we welcome all fanzines from the capital, in my eyes they represent a great part of the game here and one which is sorely missed by many.

Some previously featured fanzines.

I was directed towards the following files, which contain an archive of Shamrock Rovers fanzines from over the years, not only the Glenmalure Gazette from which the letter above comes but other fanzines entirely including Some Ecstacy and Hoops Upside Your Head. It’s an important bit of League of Ireland social history and great praise is due to those who took the time to scan and scan and scan away to bring these to a winder audience, not only young Hoops but the broader LOI community.

The Glenmalure Gazette:

1-5 http://www.mediafire.com/?qrsa42y124m1lgn
6-10 http://www.mediafire.com/?11n2boi46oewow9
11-13 http://www.mediafire.com/?1relcdt52k90q83
14-15 http://www.mediafire.com/?03n1xw766zj5gt7
16-18 http://www.mediafire.com/?oo1wf3m0czno1zz
19-20 http://www.mediafire.com/?kngx9s5njzx17o6
21-22 http://www.mediafire.com/?1bbm3b4h3e72mku

Some Ecstasy
1-5 http://www.mediafire.com/?oc8wf1f54xyxzax
6-8 http://www.mediafire.com/?gyxuj32yak4em4u
9-11 http://www.mediafire.com/?3wcw3s85t75rpp1

Hooped On A Feeling
Only One Issue : http://www.mediafire.com/?c3745xxia4m71eb

Hoops Upside Your Head
1-3 http://www.mediafire.com/?6y13ntvqk3fvua2
4-6 http://www.mediafire.com/?ez5d7z7v7f71dzz
7-9 http://www.mediafire.com/?ya6fwodwgik7o1c
10-11 http://www.mediafire.com/?d9amjej0msjler5
12 http://www.mediafire.com/?ag2aala7ep7srhm
13-14 http://www.mediafire.com/?5g7d7bn481g4koa
15-16 http://www.mediafire.com/?sr4gkua4kh6683d